Holiday Cheer

I hope everyone is having wonderful holidays so far. I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year. Goody is at a fun age. To her, everything is so fun and new, and those little smiles and chuckles sure do make me happy.

Here she is at Thanksgiving, in the outfit from Aunt Nicole:

And here, just hanging out (the bow--this is the first time she's worn a bow! and New Balance tennis shoes also thanks to Aunt Nicole):

CHEEKS! They run in the family apparently:

A whole month?

Not too long ago, I mentioned to Tim that I hope the rest of our lives don't go by as fast as the last 8 months have. Sitting down to post to my blog, however, has clued me in to the fact that it is certainly going to. Last post was October 24??? How on earth did it go by so fast?

To say I've been "busy" is sort of a joke. Here's a brief summary:

1. hosted Tim's family for a week (which had its own surprises):

2. traveled to Mississippi with a 7 month-old baby:

3. went to Seattle for a meeting.

4. cleaned the house for an appraisal:

5. cooked Thanksgiving dinner for 12 or so people.

6. cooked Tim's birthday dinner for 12 or so other people.

7. hosted a baby shower.

All this plus I worked 40 hours a week, have a baby that crawls wherever she wants, watched someone else's baby along with Goody on one of my days off (ha!), and you might guess I'm a little worn out. Not too much crafting going on here, which kills me because Christmas is coming up and I had really hoped to craft some hand-made gifts. Maybe I should just start on next year's and I might actually have a doable deadline.

Another swap creation

I just completed another swap on craftster. This one was a fall scarf swap. Here's a photo of what I sent to Oxnard, California:

It's made of a really soft wool suiting and a lightweight jersey. If you like it, let me know, as I have enough fabric left to make another one or two.

Fall is here.

We've still got some color on the trees here; I think the high point was probably last week. I caught a few pictures of Goody and Tim out throwing the flippy-flopper (like a fabric frisbee)for Roo.

I think Goody really enjoys these moments with her Daddy. She loves to watch the dogs play, and looking around at all the neat things outside.

And of course, I think Daddy loves the opportunity to play with all of his "kids".

Mobility

Goody is now a master at rolling over, both to and from her back. She especially likes to roll over onto her belly and scoot backwards. She will be crawling in no time. Gone are the days when I can just lay her on the bed and do anything. As you can see below, not even the pillow trick will keep her on the bed anymore. I found her like this after her short morning nap (the pillow WAS on the bed):